Tile-press.



No. 833,793. PATENTBD 001*. 23, 1906.

F. MUELLER.

TILE PRESS. APPLICATION FILED FEES, 1906.

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, I PATENTED 0012-3, 1900.

- P. MUELLER. I TILBYPRESS APPLIUATION I'ILED PEB.5, 19.06.

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1 a. press having an upper and lower die, each hand.

' table and pivotally mounted to supports 19,

'in which the die-plates are operated. Fig. 4

1 braced together, and upon the top of the legs 'isiprovided a table 7. w

UNITED STATES. PATENT orrIoE.

FRIEDRIGHMUELLER, or sr. LOUIS, MISSOURI. TILE-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 23,1906.

. n ion filed February a, 1906. Serial No. 299,658.

, The upper die 23 is carried. by a pair of Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH MUELLER, arms 24, which extend rearwardly and are a subject of the German-Emperor, and a resipivotally connected to a pair of cars 25, exdent of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented v tending vertically from the rear end of the certain. new and useful Improvements in table. Through the arms 24 and cars 25 is Tile-Presses, of which the following is a specipassed the shaft 26, wl'iich acts as the hinge iication. member for the swinging of the die 23. This invention relates to improvements in Upon one of the arms 24 I provide a bar 27, on tile-presses, and it consists' in the novel arwhich is adjustably mounted a counterbalrngement, construction, and combination ance-weigh-t 28, the purpose of which is to oi parts, as will be fully hereinafter described and claimed. 4

The object of my invention is to construct To all It'l /07771 it 'may'concern:

The die plate 23is'provided with a side plate 29, which is arranged to pass over the hingedly mounted and arranged to be commeeting edge of the two dies when brought pressed by a cam movement operated by the compressed downwardly through that end.

On the plate 29 I provide a handle 30,.whereby the die may be raised and lowered.

On the table 7 is mounted a plate3l, which is adjustablyretained in position upon the table by means of the screws 32. This plate 31 is arranged to be adjusted against the back oi the dies to preventthe clay From being spread out at that end. The table 7 is Inthe drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my complete invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional View. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of my invention (letached from its support, showing themanner is an enlarged. sectional view taken through mid-section, showing the dies in POSliIlLLi ready to be compressed.

In the construction of the device as shown, I provide a supporting-frame 5, preferably constructed of four standards 6 and suitably form a side walli'or the meeting edge of the dies, so as to retain the clay in positiomand the front edge of the die 9 is provided with a projecting plate Hand is of sufticient height to cover the meetiifg edge of the dies, which is also to retain the clay in )osition. die 9 is provided with a handl the same inay be tilted.

The oieration of my invention is as fol lows: Wl die 9 is placed in horizontal position, and u )011 the-die is placed a suitable quantity of c ay, preferably of a plastic condition." The The table 7 is pro ed with. an offset 8, in which is adapted. to rest the lower die-plate 9, the front under surface of said die-plate being provided with a pair of downwardly-projecting cars 10, by which said die-plate is hingedly mounted upon the table 7 The cars 10 fit snugly against the sides of the projections 1 1, formed on the front end of the table, and through the projections 11 and ears 10 is passed an operating-shait 12,. a I 1 The projecting end 13 of the openingshaft 12 is provided with a handle 14, by which the shaft is revolved, and upon sa d shaft, midway between projections 11, is provided a cam 15, which during its revolution comes in contact with a roller 17, located between a pair of bars 18, located beneath the assume the position as s in Fig. 4. The compressing member 20 is then placed in position so that its hook 21 engages the plate 22 and will assume the ositlon as shown by solid lines in'Fig. 4. he

will 0 erate the cam, and during its'contact ing with the roller 17 has a tendenc to gradually depress the arms 18., and by t 1is operasecured to the under side of said table. The outer ends of the bars 18 carry a compressing member 20, the upper end of which is provided with a hook 21 the hook 21 being so arranged as to be brought in contact with a plate 22, located upon the top of the upper die 23.

member 20,will draw the upper die 23 downward and press the clay between the dies. After'the upper die hasbeen drawn down to its limit and the cam released the complate 22 and by means'of the handle 30 the counterbalance the weightof the die-plate 23 during the raising and lower-ingot the same] together and prevent the clay from being also provided with a pro ecting plate 33 to die 23 is then lowered upon the clay and will. lOWIl by dotted lines The e 35, whereby ien it is desired to mold a tile, the v operator then operates thehandle 14, which tion, through the agency of the compressing pression. member 20 is removed i'r0m the tilts the lower Q seams up er die is elevated in the position as shown said table, a progecting plate carried by the in l ig. 3. The operator then in order to refront end of the ie-plate, an ad usting-plate move the com ressed clay from the mold die 9 by means of its handle in a position shown in Fig. 3, and in order to prevent the compressed tile from falling off of the die an ordinary piece of board the size of the tile is laced over the top and held by the left han while the die is being tilted by means of its handle b the right hand.

Having fully describ J ny invention, what I claim is- I,

1. A tile-press comprising a table, a pair of die-plates hingedly mounted upon. said table and arranged to be placed one upon the other, a cam mechanism located beneath the table, and means for depressing the 11 per die against the lower die by the cam mecanism, substantially, as specified.

2. A tile-press comprising a table mounted upon sup orts, a depression formed in said table, a ielate hingedly mounted to" the front end of the table and adapted to fit within the depression, a second die-plate hingedly carried to the rear end of the table and arranged to contact with the to of the first die, an operating shaft, a cam lbcated on said shaft, a compression member adapted to eontact with'the upper die, and means for depressing the compression member by a hendle-lever, substantially as specified.

3. A device of the class described comprising a table provided with a depression, a dieplate hingedly mounted to the front end of located upon the table to be brought in contact with the edge of the die, a second dieplate hingedlv carried to the rear of the table and arrange to be placed upoh the firstmntioned die, a counterhalance-weight for counterbalanoing the weight of the upper die, an operating-shaft forming a hinge-pin 'for the lower die, a cam mounted upon said operating-shaft, a pair of arms pivotally connected to the under side ofthe table, a roller located between the arms with which the cam is brought in contact, a compression device carried by the arms and adapted to be brought in contact with the upper die for comp'ressin the same by the operation of the operating-s vraft, substantially as specified.

4. A device of the class described comprising a table, a pair of dies hingedly mounted upon said table, the inner surface of said dies designed to form the shape of a tile, a mechanism for compressing the clay located .be-

tween the dies and suitable handles for re movin the dies to remove the compressed tile, su stant-ially'as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRIED RICH IJUELLER. Witnesses Arman A. Eions, L. A. L. Molirrrnn. 

